Local environmental group, artist featured in magazine
By Journal Staff
MARQUETTE — Local artist Stella Larkin and the Superior Watershed Partnership were recently featured in Arts Link, a national arts magazine whose latest issue is focused on climate change and the arts.
SWP engages Lake Superior coastal communities and K-12 students in science-based climate adaptation projects combined with empowering, hands-on art projects.
SWP also collaborates on a variety of outdoor projects with the city of Marquette Arts and Culture Office.
After more frequent and severe storm events caused coastal erosion and littered local beaches with debris, Larkin and volunteers conducted a beach clean-up in cooperation with the SWP and used the washed-up plastic to construct the Lake Superior shield.
Working with SWP staff and school groups, Larkin talks about how people can work together to “shield” the Great Lakes from climate-related environmental impacts by working with local organizations like the SWP on community climate adaptation and coastal resiliency projects.